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extempore

adverb

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L190151 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

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L336635 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/ / /ɪkˈstɛmpəɹi/

adj

Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).

  1. Carried out with no preparation.
  2. 1833 January, “Pandemonic Revels”, in The Royal Lady’s Magazine, and Archives of the Court of St. James’s, number XXV, London, page 15
  3. 1833 January, “Pandemonic Revels”, in The Royal Lady’s Magazine, and Archives of the Court of St. James’s, number XXV, London, page 15: Sheets, tablecloths, white gowns, and pocket-handkerchiefs were instantly in demand, and every one, as has been seen, entered, con amore, into the extempore entertainment of Pandemonic Revels.

adv

Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).

  1. Without preparation; extemporaneously.

noun

Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).

  1. Something improvised.